Adult Disability Payment is a new health benefit which is replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefit will provide financial support to people aged between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.
People already receiving PIP and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) do not need to apply for Adult Disability Payment. More than 313,620 existing awards will transfer automatically from the DWP to Social Security Scotland in stages and are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Once the transfer from DWP to the Scottish welfare system has been completed Social Security Scotland will then begin the rollout of the next devolved disability benefit which is set to replace Attendance Allowance. Pension Age Disability Payment will replace Attendance Allowance for some 124,192 existing claimants in Scotland and all new applications for people resident in Scotland only.
